2023 Team Previews
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J.F. Shields Panthers |
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Head Coach: Jerome Antone (first season) Career Record: 4 seasons, (11-29) At J.F. Shields: First season Stadium: Panther Field (The Pit) 2022 Enrollment: 56 Rank: 384th in the AHSAA, 59th in Class 1A |
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Overall Record: 179-298-3 (38.0%) Last 25 years: 51-166 (24.0%) (Rank: 376th in the AHSAA, 56th in Class 1A) Since 2010: 15-82 (15.5%) (Rank: 387th in the AHSAA, 60th in Class 1A) Last Playoff Appearance: 2020 Last Region Championship: 2000 Last Winning Season: 2001 Last Losing Season: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class: 1A
Region: 1
Record: 0-10 (Team record for losses in a season) Region Record: 0-6, (seventh) Playoff Record: Did not qualify. Final ASWA Poll: Not Ranked Scoring: 24 (2.4) Defense: 475 (47.5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class: 1A
Region: 1
Strength of Schedule: 54-52 (51%) (174th in the AHSAA, 11th in Class 1A) Region Strength: 37-28 (57%) Non-Region Strength: 17-24 (42%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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J.F. Shields finished the 2022 season with a disappointing 0-10 record. Last year J.F. Shields finished seventh in Class 1A region one with a 0-6 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs. The Panthers lost as many games as in any season since 2016. The Panthers last playoff victory came during the 2000 season. They would love to break through this year with a post season win. The offense struggled putting points on the score board as J.F. Shields averaged scoring just 2.4 points a game. The Panthers also struggled on the defensive side of the football as they found little success in stopping opposing offenses and allowed an average of 47.5 points a game. The Panthers would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 2-18 record. Since 2010, the J.F. Shields football program has struggled with a record of 15-82. Over the past 22 seasons, J.F. Shields has not won much with a record of 51-166. Their 24.0% winning percentage ranks 56th in Class 1A and 376th in the AHSAA. The Panthers have struggled on the football field with only three winning seasons during this time. Their last winning season was 2001. The Panthers will be under the direction of new head football coach Jerome Antone as they enter the 2023 season. The Panthers enter the 2023 season in the middle of a 13 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season. This season, the Panthers will be a long shot for one of the four playoff spots in region one. After not winning a single game last year, the goal at J.F. Shields will be to simply win some games. J.F. Shields simply does not have the numbers to be competitive on the football field at this time. With just 56 students, the Panthers are one of the smallest schools playing the game and have little chance of being successful. The Panthers open the 2023 season on the road against non-region opponent J.U. Blacksher on Friday, August 25 at John M. Sawyer Memorial Stadium. Last year the J.U. Blacksher Bulldogs finished with an overall record of 7-4 and in second place in Class 2A region one. The Bulldogs lost in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs to Wicksburg by a score of 34-7. J.F. Shields and J.U. Blacksher have met a total of 20 times on the football field. The Panthers have a 6-14-0 record against the Bulldogs. They last met in 2022 with J.U. Blacksher winning by a score of 50-0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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